They know it was caused by rats and fleas
They tried to use it by tieing the female rats to the long black cable to raise the population of the rats of nimh
It was believed to be rats but know has found to be the fleas on the rats sucking blood and then transmitting the disease into the victims blood stream
We have antibiotics, we keep the number of rats in check and we use public health.
Black rats CAN live in garbage cans.
What negative effects can black rats do
Victoria
Often, it is found in desert areas where it is spread by rats and other desert rodents.
Wild black rats.
The Black Death was spread by fleas which lived on black rats.
Black rats can also be called roof rats. Rats do not live in trees, usually in buildings, garbage cans, boxes and enclosures and near to where humans live. Black squirrels can look like rats sometimes, they do live in trees.
It was carried by the fleas that lived on the rats.